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Showing posts with label New Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Mexico. Show all posts

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Democrat Governor Violating Constitutional Rights by Robert Socha

September 13, 2023 By Robert Socha @ Daily Rant

In the shadow of the 22nd anniversary of the three towers’ destruction, plunging the United States into moral ambiguity, the traitors who adhere to the principles of the modern Democratic party have once again raised their sword to destroy the remnants of Constitutional Law. New Mexico’s governor made a horrific error in judgment when she ignorantly declared the authority to suspend constitutional rights for what she decided is a public health emergency, specifically, the right to keep and bear arms as defined in the Second Amendment because at least three children horrific murders this year and gun violence appears to be growing.

The preposterous declaration has been rightly decried, denounced, and defied. Even the county sheriff is correctly refusing to enforce such blatant overreach and offers a scathing rebuke.  And the governor dares to double down and stand by her erroneous claim to authoritarianism.

Her assertion is such a blatant insult to Constitutional Law that Democratic operatives are crying foul and distancing themselves from her effrontery. The public’s response to inundate the affected no gun zone armed is classic American retribution. This specific episode is not what concerns me.

What concerns me is the Left’s ability to massage and cajole this message until it saturates the culture and people stop opposing it so vehemently. Consider politically correct speech and its assent to the frontal lobe of public conscientiousness. The term’s introduction in the late 1970s made its Marxist roots well-known and un-American. But, over time, weak-willed men allowed for its postulation and curbing dissent from the media’s positions. Decades of communist politically correct indoctrination have culminated in the indictment of President Trump for daring to speak against the outcome of an election and the arrest of men like Owen Shroyer, receiving a 60-day jail sentence for “stoking the flames” of resistance on January 6th. Waterboarding the Proud Boys with ridiculously inflated penalties for manufactured charges is another travesty of justice enacted by a weaponized judiciary.

These are terrible injustices taking place on the world’s stage and have our enemies delighted; as Vladimir Putin recently said, “As for the prosecution of Trump, for us, what is happening in today’s conditions, in my opinion, is good. Because it shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others about democracy. Everything that is happening with Trump is the persecution of a political rival for political reasons. That is what it is. And this is being done in front of the U.S. public and the whole world. They simply exposed their internal problems.”

He is correct. Benjamin Franklin warned us that the people will become so corrupt they will require a despotic government. The culling of dissent and free speech, cowing the masses, the threats of taking our guns, civil unrest and plunder, unenforced law, and unabated ethnic crimes, the continual rhetoric to these ends is a constant reminder that there is a battle to America’s destruction, without firing a shot. For the puppet masters sowing the seeds of animosity, their end appears to be the annihilation of the free state and catastrophic population reduction. For what narcissistic purpose the Soros of the world purports the destruction of Americanism is beyond my comprehension other than to know these things must happen for the Biblically prophesized end to come.

About the Author
 
Robert Socha (so-ha), was born in southern California. He served 5 years 3 months active duty in the United States Air Force; honorably. After his service he took an Associate’s Degree in Practical Theology, where, through his studies, developed a deep love of God and Country and sincere appreciation of the value of Liberty. Robert and his beloved wife of 21-plus years are raising 4 beautiful Texan children. They moved to Hillsdale, Michigan, in 2013, to put their children in Hillsdale Academy. Robert is a sales professional. He and his wife consider Michigan a hidden gem, and absolutely love this city and state (current political environment notwithstanding) they’ve adopted.
 

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

6-year-old boy suspended and labeled ‘potentially dangerous’ for playing cops and robbers during recess

By Olivia Murray

New Mexico’s governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, is a trailblazing maverick in the same way John McCain was—they are/were, complete traitors to the country, law, and heritage they pledged to uphold and defend. On Friday, Lujan Grisham issued a proclamation (executive order) that denies the people their God-given right to self-defense by declaring an “emergency” and suspending the right to carry firearms on their person; everyone’s talking about the order, me included, and rightfully so. Naturally, at this point in time, I don’t expect the order to be upheld, but that wasn’t the point; it was a “ping” to gauge opposition and other metrical data, and it’s no skin off Lujan Grisham’s nose because the worst that will happen is a judge will slap down the order, and she’ll move on, data gathering mission accomplished...........To Read More

 

NM Gov’s Albuquerque Gun Ban Brings Calls for Impeachment

Grisham said she welcomed the fight.

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham may have bitten off more than she meant to with her allegedly “temporary” gun ban in and around Albuquerque. Calling it an emergency health order, Gov. Grisham prohibited the carrying – openly or concealed – of firearms in the Land of Enchantment’s largest city and surrounding county for 30 days. “I welcome the debate and fight about how to make New Mexicans safer,” she declared at a news conference. It’s good that she welcomes the fight – because state lawmakers are bringing one. For clearly violating the Second Amendment, Republican state representatives are calling for her impeachment.

Bad Medicine

In 2021, there were 110 homicides in Albuquerque, a record for the city. In 2022, Duke City broke that record with 120. The year-to-date homicide rate as of August of this year, however, is 11% lower than it was last year at the same time. To frame it in terms of the governor’s “public health emergency” narrative, if the increase in homicides in recent years is an illness, the city’s already in recovery.

Several recent shootings, some resulting in child deaths, however, provide the perfect excuse for a radically anti-Second Amendment executive to unilaterally implement a progressive gun ban – and this is far from her first shot at gun control. Since 2019, she has signed several bills restricting gun access, including a “red flag” law that went into effect in 2020.

Those who violate this emergency order can be hit with civil penalties, including a fine of up to $5,000. The only exceptions to the ban are law enforcement and armed security. Citizens with concealed carry permits can carry on private property or transport their firearms, unloaded and with a trigger lock in place, from one location to another, but that’s it. No Second Amendment right to self-defense for the residents or visitors to Bernalillo County. Grisham, it seems, has taken that left turn at Albuquerque that Bugs Bunny always talked about.

Even the county sheriff isn’t a fan of the order. “While I understand and appreciate the urgency, the temporary ban challenges the foundation of our constitution, which I swore an oath to uphold,” Sheriff John Allen said. “I am wary of placing my deputies in positions that could lead to civil liability conflicts, as well as the potential risks posed by prohibiting law-abiding citizens from their constitutional right to self-defense.”

Impeachment in the Works

State Representatives Stefani Lord and John Block, both Republicans, responded by calling for impeachment. “This is an abhorrent attempt at imposing a radical, progressive agenda on an unwilling populace,” read a statement from Lord. “Rather than addressing crime at its core, Grisham is restricting the rights of law-abiding gun owners.”

As appropriate as that may sound to Second Amendment advocates nationwide, impeachment is unlikely. Currently, the New Mexico Senate has 27 Democrats to 14 Republicans, and the House has 45 Democrats to 25 Republicans. For a state with a Democrat trifecta to fire the governor over a violation of the Second Amendment would be quite a stretch.

A legal challenge to the order itself, on Second Amendment grounds, is quite likely the “debate and fight” the governor had in mind, and it seems far more likely to succeed. Even then, however, it’s no guarantee. The US District Court for the District of New Mexico is presently made up of seven judges appointed by Republicans and five appointed by Democrats. One might assume that results in a slight conservative split that sees the order overturned – but then the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the next step up and the stop before the US Supreme Court, has a left-wing majority. Perhaps it makes its way to the highest court in the land, but how likely is that to happen before the order expires anyway?

One concern that still needs to go before the courts is the precedent this sets. Without judicial action, what’s to stop Grisham from extending this order because (insert excuse here)? What if her plan backfires, and the murder rate spikes because the people of Bernalillo County – the law-abiding ones, who aren’t out committing crimes to begin with – are disarmed and defenseless? Well, if one month doesn’t work, perhaps six months or a year will! What’s to stop anti-gun governors or mayors across the nation from doing the same?

Indeed, the governor has opted for a “devil may care” attitude in her policy’s defense, responding to reporters that the Constitution may not be set in stone. “No constitutional right, in my view, including my oath, is intended to be absolute,” she brazenly declared.

If It Saves One Life …

Logically, the emergency order seems like bad medicine that just won’t work. Worse, it might have the opposite effect of what’s ostensibly desired. Assuming Grisham’s goal is actually the preservation of life, and not, as a more cynical person might assume, simply to capitalize on tragedy to advance the progressive cause of gun control, then one must wonder why she believes in this order. How many of the murderers in Albuquerque does the governor think will care one whit about her order not to go about armed? How is it that disarming the people who actually obey the law makes them safer?

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (Photo by Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images) 

Miranda Viscoli, co-president of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence, praised the governor’s order as necessary, parroting that tried-and-true statist line: “If it saves one life, then it’s worth doing.” Funny how it only ever applies to leftist causes. If it saves one life, is it not worth banning abortion? If it saves one life, is it not worth prosecuting illegal immigrants who commit crimes the first time they’re arrested, rather than playing the catch-and-release game until they finally escalate to murder?

And what if it costs lives, rather than saves them? The Albuquerque Police Department releases weekly updates to their crime statistics. The month of August 2023 saw five cases with seven victims, all but one of whom were killed using a firearm. So far in September, there have been three murders, two of which were gun-related. A month from now, the world will be able to objectively measure the success or failure of Grisham’s emergency order, and the unit of measurement will be human lives lost to gun-toting murderers. If, in fact, the death toll rises, will even her own party join the call for impeachment? After all, if it saves even one life …

Read More From James Fite

Monday, September 11, 2023

NM Gov’s Albuquerque Gun Ban Brings Calls for Impeachment

Grisham said she welcomed the fight. 

By James Fite September 10, 2023 @ Liberty Nation News

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham may have bitten off more than she meant to with her allegedly “temporary” gun ban in and around Albuquerque. Calling it an emergency health order, Gov. Grisham prohibited the carrying – openly or concealed – of firearms in the Land of Enchantment’s largest city and surrounding county for 30 days. “I welcome the debate and fight about how to make New Mexicans safer,” she declared at a news conference. It’s good that she welcomes the fight – because state lawmakers are bringing one. For clearly violating the Second Amendment, Republican state representatives are calling for her impeachment.

Bad Medicine

In 2021, there were 110 homicides in Albuquerque, a record for the city. In 2022, Duke City broke that record with 120. The year-to-date homicide rate as of August of this year, however, is 11% lower than it was last year at the same time. To frame it in terms of the governor’s “public health emergency” narrative, if the increase in homicides in recent years is an illness, the city’s already in recovery.

Several recent shootings, some resulting in child deaths, however, provide the perfect excuse for a radically anti-Second Amendment executive to unilaterally implement a progressive gun ban – and this is far from her first shot at gun control. Since 2019, she has signed several bills restricting gun access, including a “red flag” law that went into effect in 2020.

Those who violate this emergency order can be hit with civil penalties, including a fine of up to $5,000. The only exceptions to the ban are law enforcement and armed security. Citizens with concealed carry permits can carry on private property or transport their firearms, unloaded and with a trigger lock in place, from one location to another, but that’s it. No Second Amendment right to self-defense for the residents or visitors to Bernalillo County. Grisham, it seems, has taken that left turn at Albuquerque that Bugs Bunny always talked about.

Even the county sheriff isn’t a fan of the order. “While I understand and appreciate the urgency, the temporary ban challenges the foundation of our constitution, which I swore an oath to uphold,” Sheriff John Allen said. “I am wary of placing my deputies in positions that could lead to civil liability conflicts, as well as the potential risks posed by prohibiting law-abiding citizens from their constitutional right to self-defense.”

Impeachment in the Works

State Representatives Stefani Lord and John Block, both Republicans, responded by calling for impeachment. “This is an abhorrent attempt at imposing a radical, progressive agenda on an unwilling populace,” read a statement from Lord. “Rather than addressing crime at its core, Grisham is restricting the rights of law-abiding gun owners.”

As appropriate as that may sound to Second Amendment advocates nationwide, impeachment is unlikely. Currently, the New Mexico Senate has 27 Democrats to 14 Republicans, and the House has 45 Democrats to 25 Republicans. For a state with a Democrat trifecta to fire the governor over a violation of the Second Amendment would be quite a stretch.

A legal challenge to the order itself, on Second Amendment grounds, is quite likely the “debate and fight” the governor had in mind, and it seems far more likely to succeed. Even then, however, it’s no guarantee. The US District Court for the District of New Mexico is presently made up of seven judges appointed by Republicans and five appointed by Democrats. One might assume that results in a slight conservative split that sees the order overturned – but then the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the next step up and the stop before the US Supreme Court, has a left-wing majority. Perhaps it makes its way to the highest court in the land, but how likely is that to happen before the order expires anyway?

One concern that still needs to go before the courts is the precedent this sets. Without judicial action, what’s to stop Grisham from extending this order because (insert excuse here)? What if her plan backfires, and the murder rate spikes because the people of Bernalillo County – the law-abiding ones, who aren’t out committing crimes to begin with – are disarmed and defenseless? Well, if one month doesn’t work, perhaps six months or a year will! What’s to stop anti-gun governors or mayors across the nation from doing the same?

Indeed, the governor has opted for a “devil may care” attitude in her policy’s defense, responding to reporters that the Constitution may not be set in stone. “No constitutional right, in my view, including my oath, is intended to be absolute,” she brazenly declared.

If It Saves One Life …

Logically, the emergency order seems like bad medicine that just won’t work. Worse, it might have the opposite effect of what’s ostensibly desired. Assuming Grisham’s goal is actually the preservation of life, and not, as a more cynical person might assume, simply to capitalize on tragedy to advance the progressive cause of gun control, then one must wonder why she believes in this order. How many of the murderers in Albuquerque does the governor think will care one whit about her order not to go about armed? How is it that disarming the people who actually obey the law makes them safer?

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (Photo by Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images)

Miranda Viscoli, co-president of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence, praised the governor’s order as necessary, parroting that tried-and-true statist line: “If it saves one life, then it’s worth doing.” Funny how it only ever applies to leftist causes. If it saves one life, is it not worth banning abortion? If it saves one life, is it not worth prosecuting illegal immigrants who commit crimes the first time they’re arrested, rather than playing the catch-and-release game until they finally escalate to murder?

And what if it costs lives, rather than saves them? The Albuquerque Police Department releases weekly updates to their crime statistics. The month of August 2023 saw five cases with seven victims, all but one of whom were killed using a firearm. So far in September, there have been three murders, two of which were gun-related. A month from now, the world will be able to objectively measure the success or failure of Grisham’s emergency order, and the unit of measurement will be human lives lost to gun-toting murderers. If, in fact, the death toll rises, will even her own party join the call for impeachment? After all, if it saves even one life …

 
Read More From James Fite

 

Monday, July 20, 2020

Corona Insanity in New Mexico

By Charles Sullivan

Recently, I was hiking with four friends in the Sandia Mountains, just east of Albuquerque. I didn't think about it at the time, but because there were five of us, technically, we were a "mass gathering" under one of New Mexico's many Wuhan virus public health orders. Had the hike taken place on state or private land, we could have been subject to a whopping fine of $5,000 each. Fortunately, the hike took place on federal land, so the state public health order did not apply.

How did N.M. arrive at a point where hikers in the woods could be subject to a $5,000 fine if there were five or more of them on non-federal land?

The Wuhan virus crazy season officially began in N.M. on March 11, 2020, when its diminutive governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham (MLG), signed an executive order declaring a public health emergency. As New Mexicans would soon discover, in 2003, its Democrat-controlled state Legislature and its Democrat governor, Bill Richardson, had created a surprise for their residents. That surprise came in the form of a statute (NMSA 12-10A-5) that provided that the governor, and the governor alone, has the power to declare a public health emergency and to keep that public health emergency order in effect as long as he wants. T

here is no provision for judicial or legislative review. The only limitation on the governor's power is the requirement that he has to confer with his appointed secretary of health prior to issuing the order and that the order expires after 30 days if not renewed. There is no limitation on the number of times the order may be renewed. Violation of an order relating to the declared public emergency calls for a punitive civil penalty of $5,000.............. To Read More